Instructions
The following handouts will help you find your bearings in the digital world.
- Creating PDF documents: How do I create a PDF document easily? This handout explains how to create PDF files in Microsoft Word and Libre Office.
- Creating clean scans with your smartphone—submitting completed work: The online study and media skills team (Studier- und Mediakompetenzen Online, SUMO) at University of Hamburg has put together a few tips to help you digitize content without a scanner and upload it to the various Learning Management Systems.
- Working in groups in OpenOLAT: What options are there for working in a group with other students? This handout provides tips and information on using the groups function in OpenOLAT.
- Compressing image files: How can I reduce the file size of an existing image file? This handout teaches you to compress images in Caesium and in MacOS Preview.
- Compressing video files: How can I reduce the file size of an existing video file? This handout teaches you to compress videos in HandBrake.
- Changing the volume of audio files: How can I make my mp3 files louder or quieter? This handout teaches you to regulate the volume of your audio files in MP3Gain.
- Suggestions for students studying digitally (PDF):This handout focuses on ways of communicating digitally (working in small groups, conferences, forums, chats, emails).
- Adjusting your study habits during COVID (PDF): The University of Michigan has published a collection of tips that can help you adjust your study habits to the new situation.